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learned one's place

learned one's place is the simple past and past participle of learn one's place.

Meaning of learn one's place

Verb

learn one's place (third-person singular simple present learns one's place, present participle learning one's place, simple past and past participle learned one's place or learnt one's place)

  1. (idiomatic) To be made aware, by experience, of one's inferior rank or status.

Questions about learned one's place

What is learned one's place the simple past and past participle of?
Learned one's place is the simple past and past participle of learn one's place.

Words near learned one's place in the dictionary

  1. learned loanword
  2. learned loanwords
  3. learned member
  4. learned members
  5. learned one's lesson
  6. learned one's place
  7. learned profession
  8. learned professions
  9. learned societies
  10. learned society
  11. learned the hard way

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